Regal Rexnord - 10-Q quarterly report FY

REGAL BELOIT CORPORATION

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

The Company’s $115.0 million, 2.75% convertible senior subordinated debt is convertible as the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeded the contingent conversion share price for the specified amount of time.  As a result, holders of the notes may surrender the notes for conversion at any time until the maturing of the bonds in March 2024.  Holders that exercise their right to convert the notes will receive up to the principal amount of the notes in cash, with the balance of the conversion obligation, if any, to be satisfied in shares of Company common stock or cash, at the Company’s discretion.  No notes have been converted into cash or shares of common stock as of March 29, 2008.

As of March 29, 2008, a foreign subsidiary of the Company had outstanding borrowings of $5.0 million denominated in U.S. dollars.  The borrowings were made under a $15.0 million unsecured credit facility which expires in December 2008.  The borrowings are short-term and bear interest at a margin over LIBOR.

The Company’s net periodic pension cost is comprised of the following components (in thousands):

The numerator for the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share is net income.  The denominator is computed as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

14.  CONTINGENCIES

The Company is, from time to time, party to other lawsuits arising from its normal business operations.  It is believed that the outcome of these lawsuits will have no material effect on the Company’s financial position or its results of operations.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Item 2 to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” refer collectively to Regal Beloit Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Revenue Recognition

We recognized revenue when all of the following have occurred:  an agreement of sale exists; pricing is determinable; collection is reasonably assured; and product has been delivered and acceptance has occurred according to contract terms.

We use contracts and customer purchase orders to determine the existence of an agreement of sale.  We use shipping documents and customer acceptance, when applicable, to verify delivery.  We assess whether the sale price is subject to refund or adjustment, and we assess collectibility based on the creditworthiness of the customer as well as the customer’s payment history.

Returns, Rebates and Incentives

Our primary incentive program provides distributors with cash rebates or account credits based on agreed amounts that vary depending on the end user or original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customer to whom our distributor ultimately sells the product.  We also offer various other incentive programs that provide distributors and direct sale customers with cash rebates, account credits or additional products and services based on meeting specified program criteria.  Certain distributors are offered a right to return product, subject to contractual limitations.

We record accruals for customer returns, rebates and incentives at the time of revenue recognition based primarily on historical experience.  Adjustments to the accrual may be required if actual returns, rebates and incentives differ from historical experience or if there are changes to other assumptions used to estimate the accrual.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets or Goodwill and Other Intangibles

We evaluate the recoverability of the carrying amount of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable through future cash flows.  We evaluate the recoverability of goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that an asset might be impaired.  We use judgment when applying the impairment rules to determine when an impairment is necessary.  Factors that could trigger an impairment review include significant underperformance relative to historical or forecasted operating results, a significant decrease in the market value of an asset or significant negative industry or economic trends.  We perform our annual impairment test in accordance with SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.”

Retirement Plans

Approximately half of our domestic employees are covered by defined benefit pension plans with the remaining employees covered by defined contribution plans.  Most of our foreign employees are covered by government sponsored plans in the countries in which they are employed.  Our obligations under our domestic defined benefit plans are determined with the assistance of actuarial firms.  The actuaries provide us with information and recommendations regarding such factors as withdrawal rates and mortality rates.  The actuaries also provide us with information and recommendations from which management makes further assumptions on such factors as the long-term expected rate of return on plan assets, the discount rate on benefit obligations, and where applicable, the rate of annual compensation increases.  Based upon the assumptions made, the investments made by the plans, overall conditions and movement in financial markets, particularly the stock market and how actual withdrawal rates, life-spans of benefit recipients, and other factors differ from assumptions, annual expenses and recorded assets or liabilities of these defined benefit plans may change significantly from year to  year.  Based on our annual review of actuarial assumptions as well as historical rates of return on plan assets and existing long-term bond rates, we set the long-term rate of return on plan assets at 8.25% and an average discount rate at approximately 6.5% for our defined benefit plans as of December 29, 2007.

 

 

 

Income Taxes

We operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions and are subject to regular examinations by various U.S. Federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions for various tax periods.  Our income tax positions are based on research and interpretations of the income tax laws and rulings in each of the jurisdictions in which we do business.  Due to the subjectivity of interpretations of laws and rulings in each jurisdiction, the differences and interplay in tax laws between those jurisdictions as well as the inherent uncertainty in estimating the final resolution of complex tax audit matters, our estimates of income tax liabilities may differ from actual payments or assessments.

 

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements(“SFAS 157”).  SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  In February, 2008 the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-2, which delays the effective date of Statement 157 for all nonrecurring fair value measurements of nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities until fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008.  The Company is eligible for the delay as it has not previously adopted SFAS 157.  The Company has chosen to partially adopt SFAS 157 (see Note 16 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

We are exposed to market risk relating to the Company’s operations due to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices of purchased raw materials.  We manage the exposure to these risks through a combination of normal operating and financing activities and derivative financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, commodity cash flow hedges and foreign currency forward exchange contracts.

The Company is exposed to interest rate risk on certain of its short-term and long-term debt obligations used to finance our operations and acquisitions.  At March 29, 2008, net of interest rate swaps, we had $373.6 million of fixed rate debt and $182.3 million of variable rate debt, the latter subject to interest rate risk.  As a result, interest rate changes impact future earnings and cash flows assuming other factors are constant.  The Company utilizes interest rate swaps to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from exposure to interest rate risk on forecasted variable rate interest payments.  

A hypothetical 10% change in our weighted average borrowing rate on outstanding variable rate debt at March 29, 2008, would result in a change in after-tax annualized earnings of approximately $0.3 million.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.  The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective  to ensure that (a) information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and (b) information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

On April 26, 2007, the Company received notice that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) has filed an action against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking reimbursement of the U.S. EPA’s unreimbursed past and future remediation costs incurred in cleaning up an environmental site located near a former manufacturing facility of the Company in Illinois.  In 1999, the Company and other parties identified as potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) reached an agreement with the U.S. EPA to partially fund the costs of certain response actions taken with respect to this site.  In 2004, the Company received communications from the U.S. EPA indicating that the Company was identified as one of three PRPs regarding additional remedial actions to be taken by the U.S. EPA at this site.  In response, the Company provided to the U.S. EPA its environmental expert’s assessment of the site in 2004.  The Company believes that it is not a PRP with respect to the site in question and intends to defend vigorously the associated claim.  As of March 29, 2008, amounts that have been recorded in the Company’s financial statements related to this contingency are not material.

The Company is, from time to time, party to other lawsuits arising from its normal business operations.  It is believed that the outcome of these other lawsuits will have no material effect on the Company’s financial position or its results of operations.

 

 

The following table contains detail related to the repurchase of common stock based on the date of trade during the quarter ended March 29, 2008.

______________

(A)  On February 2, 2008, the Company’s Board of Director’s expanded the existing share buyback authorization by an additional one million shares.

Under the Company’s equity incentive plans, participants may pay the exercise price or satisfy all or a portion of the federal, state and local withholding tax obligations arising in connection with plan awards by electing to (a) have the Company withhold shares of common stock otherwise issuable under the award, (b) tender back shares received in connection with such award or (c) deliver other previously owned shares of common stock, in each case having a value equal to the exercise price or the amount to be withheld.  During the first quarter of 2008, there were 1,447 shares acquired in connection with equity incentive plans.

During the quarter ended March 29, 2008, the Company repurchased a total of 110,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to existing share repurchase authorizations.